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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:582-583
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Editorial comment

EuroSCORE and the Japanese aorta

EuroSCORE Project Group, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge CB3 8RE, UK

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In this paper, [1] Nishida and colleagues have reviewed 327 patients who have undergone surgery of the thoracic aorta in their hospital and stratified them using EuroSCORE (both logistic and additive versions). They found that both models work well in this patient population but that the logistic model is superior in the higher risk group. They also found that the logistic model remains well calibrated in this Japanese thoracic aortic surgical patient group.

The study has some weaknesses. It is from a single institution and therefore, when such studies purport to assess a risk model they may end up telling us more about the institution and . . . [Full Text of this Article]